September, 2018

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Words of Advice from 7 HR Thought Leaders

Achievers

We have some stellar thinkers in the HR field today, so we decided to present a sampling of their pithy advice. Each of the people profiled below have their own unique take on managing your human capital, and you may even find a favorite or two whom you want to follow. “You can’t prevent attrition if your organization doesn’t attend to employee experience.”.

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Everything HR Needs to Know About Blockchain

HR Bartender

One of the somewhat newer technology-related topics to surface is blockchain. When it first came out, I must admit that I didn’t see it having much of an HR component. So, I started paying attention…but at a distance. Well, I was wrong. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has written a few articles about the topic including “ Is HR Ready for Blockchain?

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5 ways to become the optimistic leader your team wants

Insperity

Do you think of yourself as an optimistic person? What about an optimistic leader? Although optimistic people do have a “glass half full” outlook on life, optimistic leaders have more than the ability to view life through rose-colored lenses. Being an optimistic leader is not about rainbows and roses, blind optimism or going wherever the wind blows and believing that everything will work itself out.

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SDTF Annual Status Report Filed

Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

The Special Disability Trust Fund, within the Department of Financial Services – Division of Workers’ Compensation, is required by Section 440.49(8)(d), Florida Statutes, to report, annually, on the status of the Fund to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate. This report is required to be produced by an independent actuary and is now available on the reports page of the DWC website along with all prior annual reports.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Four ways exercise benefits you at work

cipHR

Exercising regularly isn’t just good for your health – it could have great benefits for your career, too. The cost of employee ill health to UK organisations is both well-documented and growing. But there are other, more personal reasons to invest in your physical and mental wellbeing than potentially saving your employer money: here are CIPHR ’s four favourite ways that physical activity improves your career. 1.

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How to Engage Teams With a Growth Mindset

Achievers

When I worked in talent development departments, managers periodically would request team building solutions. What they really wanted was to unify and engage their teams but didn’t know how. In my blog, “ Should You Start with Team Building to Increase Engagement? “, I encourage HR professionals to diagnose team engagement by searching for an imbalance in five areas.

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Transform Company Culture with Good Communication Analytics

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Microsoft, whose mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. They have a website dedicated to Modern HR , a content collection focused on digital transformation. Check it out when you have a moment. Enjoy the post!). I’m starting to hear more people use the phrase “Culture is the new currency.” as a way to describe how important it is for companies to have a culture that attracts, engages, and r

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Exploring Job Titles: Would A Role By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?

15Five

What’s in a name? What do the names we take on—whether for our own identification, our job titles, or the description of our roles at work —say about us? Do they accurately reflect what we do and who we are? If not, how do they influence our self-identity and how others see us? In a world gone mad socially and politically , identity plays more of a role now than ever before.

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Florida Notices Rulemaking for 69L-3.3009

Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation submitted a Notice of Development of Rulemaking for Rule 69L-3.009, F.A.C. A Rule development workshop will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., EDT, at 2012 Capital Circle, SE, Room 102, Hartman Building. A new rule is being introduced due to the passage of CS/CS/SB 376, which added subsections (5) and (6) to section 112.1815, Florida Statutes (F.S.).

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Where You Can and Absolutely Cannot Cut Costs Corners in Benefits Administration

Managing benefits administration is costly, and cutting corners in the wrong places can lead to disengaged workforces and the risk of non-compliance. This eBook from Selerix highlights areas where you can save without compromising the value of benefits. Proactively Thinking: Make decisions for the long run. Discover ways to be proactive in your decision-making to save money in the future, not just temporarily.

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HR Transformation – Shared Services and Outsourcing Week

Take It Personel-ly

Transformation is a trending term in the HR world today. From employees calling for a better work experience, to millennials redefining the workplace, to the digital age changing how organizations must be run, this day and age is proving HR to be a key function within any company. Taking on all this change can be […].

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Opinion: Workplace training must be more than a tick-box exercise

cipHR

Learning should be about more than simply ticking boxes off HR’s agenda. Samantha Caine explores the benefits that a stronger training strategy can have for both organisations and their staff. Training is an essential part of everyone’s career path, but it can often be viewed as something of a chore – by both worker and employer. While training is a necessary part of an employee’s role, the ‘tick-box’ nature of some methods can result in the individual leaving with very l

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How to Build an Engaging Social Responsibility Strategy Into Your Culture

Achievers

I’ve always had a passion for giving back and caring for others, but I always struggled with the idea of choosing to go down that path as my career. I never wanted it to lose the meaning by becoming a job that I was required to do. So, I made the choice early on in my career to give back to my community in parallel with my career and that idea has never felt more supported than it does at Achievers.

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Your 2018 Social Recruiting Strategy: Remember These 7 Key Elements

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by Jefferson Online , a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research, and discovery, delivering exceptional value for 21st-century students. An online human resources degree from Jefferson Online can help provide you with the skills you need to be an effective recruiter today and tomorrow.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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Performance Management 2.0: Improving Your Employee Motivation Strategy

15Five

How do you address employees who aren’t performing? How do you use work goals to improve employee motivation, and decide what goal to work on? Are certain types of goals better than others for increasing motivation? These are all excellent questions and I’ll get to them in a moment, but first, some context. I joined 15Five’s Director of People Science, Courtney Bigony and Chief Culture Officer, Shane Metcalf, in a recent webinar where we addressed ratings and compensation as they relate to perfo

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2018 Construction Industry Summary

Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has published a new data summary report, the first in a series of reports. The purpose of this and future publications is to provide insight into the unique aspects of the Florida’s workers’ compensation system. The report may be found at the following link.

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Keep Things Moving Forward When the Going Gets Tough in Business

Take It Personel-ly

As an entrepreneur, your business is your life. It might be your sole source of income, your entire life savings are probably tied up in your venture and you quit a good job in order to run your company full time. Failure simply isn’t an option, and so if something goes wrong that threatens the […].

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Worst interview questions ever: 10 to avoid at all costs

Insperity

Believe it or not, some of the worst interview questions are the ones hiring managers ask without even realizing they shouldn’t. For instance, if you find out someone attended the same high school you attended, what’s wrong with asking them what year they graduated? Everything. This seemingly innocent mistake, along with countless others, can put you in legal hot water.

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7 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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4 Ways to Boost Workplace Productivity (And Workplace Happiness) Through Better Communication

Achievers

Between group texts and always-on social media networks, your employees already consider screens and keyboards as vital means to ongoing conversations outside of the workplace. And your company likely uses social channels to build brand awareness, target users with focused messages, handle customer service conversations and more. Now, increasing evidence shows that better communication and using social tools within the workplace can foster increased connection and productivity.

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Training Decisions Have Real Bottom-Line Growth [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I always think of this time of year as “ budget season ”. You know, when organizations are thinking about what they’ve accomplished during the current year and the goals they want to achieve in the upcoming year. Not only is it great for performance, but it helps to create the budget. In my experience, I found that when putting together the HR budget and department goals, I needed to come prepared with data.

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Here’s Why Your Dealership Should Implement a Management Training Program

Hireology

Given a near record-low unemployment rate and fewer than 1% of job seekers interested in working at a dealership, it’s important for your dealership to sell applicants on the opportunity joining your team presents. Many job seekers have the misconception that dealership careers – whether in sales, fixed operations or another department – have limited opportunities for career growth.

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Transitioning from paper to electronic records: Nothing good comes from cutting corners

Business Management Daily

Managing migration projects such as this one demands many stakeholders and numerous decisions that must be made strategically. The post Transitioning from paper to electronic records: Nothing good comes from cutting corners appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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3 Ways to Use Technology to Make Money

Take It Personel-ly

Technology helps us in so many ways. Including expanded options when it comes to making money. Whether you are looking for a side business or a new career path here are three options to generate digital cash. Buy, Sell and Trade Cryptocurrency If you haven’t heard of cryptocurrency, it’s possible you’ve been sleeping under a […].

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An HR’s Guide: How to Manage Remote Employees?

HR Digest

With the number of remote workers on the rise due to new technologies, more companies are beginning to offer remote opportunities as a means of promoting talent acquisition, retention, work flexibility and above all, less operational cost. But some companies are still skeptical about this style of workforce management, mostly those without ideas on how to manage remote employees.

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5 Tips for Attracting Top Millennial Talent

Achievers

In recent years, the hiring world has placed an emphasis on attracting millennial talent, and for good reason: millennials are the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, according to Pew Research Center. This generation, however, is a bit different from those that came before them. They’re looking for more than a paycheck. They want transparency, feedback, experiences and the chance to explore their passions.

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Manual Processes Can Slow Organizational Momentum – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Just because we use a computer to process something doesn’t mean it’s high tech. A great example is today’s Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos. While spreadsheets are created on computers, that doesn’t mean they’re the most effective and efficient way of doing something. It’s time for us to realize that technology comes in levels. There’s the word processing and spreadsheet level.

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4-Week Roadmap for New Hires

Nearly one-quarter of employees (23%) admit they’ve cried within the first week! Give new hires a positive start with this four-week onboarding roadmap. This schedule outlines all the turns, detours, and speedbumps new hires can expect in their first month. We’ve included suggestions for each week to help you make your new employees’ highway to success an easy road.